Tobacco pipe



J. MESAROS.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPUCATION FILED JUNE 24, 1920.

Patented July 25, 1922.

JOHN MESAROS. OF WHEELING, VIRGINIA.

TOBACCO PIPE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1922.

Application filed June 24, 1920. Serial No. 391,328.

T 0 all 107mm i2 721-04] concern:

Be it known that l, Jenn Musnnos, a citinon of the United Eitatcs of America, and resident of lVhceliugncounty of Ohio, and State of ll est Virginia, have invented certain new and useful, improvements in Tobacco Pipes, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to tobacco pipes, and it has for its primary object to provide a pipe having; means whereby the smoke is effectually filtered for removing therefrom nicotine and oils and for cooling purposes prior to its entering the mouth 'of the smoker. p p p A further object is to provide a pipe which embodies filtering and absorbent materials which are readily accessible for cleaningor renewal.

A still further object is to produce a pipe of novel and atttractive form embodyingstructural features whereby it is rendered particularly sanitary.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being hadv to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the invention;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the bowl end of the same with the slide plate removed;

Figure 3 is a rear end elevation; and- Figure 4 is a plan view of the bowl cover.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates the pipe bowl and 2 the stem thereof, the former being preferably formed eXteriorly in the shape of the inverted heel of a ladys shoe, as shown. Formed in the lower part of the bowl body is a chamber 3 which is closed by a removable slide 4 having beveled edges whereby it dovetails into place in seats 5 provided therefor. The interior of the bowl may communicate with the outer end of said chamber through a direct connecting passage, but it is preferred that an indirect passage be provided in which the smoke may be cooled before reaching the chamber. Leading outward from the interior of the bow] through the rearmost part of the latter is a passage 6 within the outer end of which is fitted the end of a tubular stem 7 which has connected thereto the end or ends of one or more tubes 8 leading thence to the outer end of said chamber 3.

to the slide 4:.

Disposed intermediate the ends of the chamber 3 is a, transversely extending rec tangular frame 0 about which is wound, or upon which is stretched, a covering 10 of mesh fabric or gauze, as silk. Said frame with its fabric covering has its upper edge fitted into a notch or channel 11 provided therefor in the under side of. the bowl and has its lower edge disposed closely adjacent in the position mentioned said frame and covering constitutes a gauzelike screen which divides said chamber into two compartments and through. which smoke must pass in traversing: the length of said chamber. The foremost of said compartments preferably constitutes acontainer for a filtering and absorbent material 22 which material may be a disinfectant-saturated or the like.

The under side of the bowl and stem are ter is maintained elevated. above or out of contact with the surface upon which the pipe so rests.

The top of the pipe bowl is preferably provided with a removable cover which consists of a plate 13 having perforations 14: for the admission of air. Said cover plate which is of the shape'shown in Fig. 4, has formed thereon, except at its front end, a downwardly and inwardly inclined flange 15 adapted to slide into and out of seated relation to a beveled groove or channel 16 provided therefor about the mouth of the bowl.

A tamping device is provided on the cover plate, the same comprising a circular disk 17 of a size which is readily accommodated by the interior of the bowl, anda vertically disposed. stem 18 of suitable length upon the lower end of which said disk is rigidly mounted in a central position. Said stem passes loosely through the cover plate 13 and carries a head 19 upon its upper end. Interposed between said head 19 and the cover plate is a stem-encircling compression spring 20 of spiral form whereby said stem and the supported disk is normally maintained in an elevated position in which said disk is received in a shallow socket 21 provided therefor in the under side of said cover'plate.

It will be understood that in passing to and through the filtering chamber 3 the smoke is cooled, and that in passing to the smoke passage 23 in the stem 2 through the gauze or fabric 10 and the filtering absorbent material 22, the smoke is more or less thoroughly filtered. When it is desired to clean or renew either the frame-carried gauze cov ering 10 or the filtering material 22, access may be readily had thereto by withdrawing the slide plate 4 from its seated chamber closing position.

hat claimed is- 1. In a tobacco pipe, a bowl having a stem, said bowl having a chamber formed in the lower part thereof, a plate slidable intoand out of closing relation to said chamber and forming a flat bottom for said bowl, and a filtering device removably mounted intermediate the ends of said chamber and consisting of a vertically disposed. frame having a fabric covering;

2. In a tobacco pipe, a bowl having a stem, said bowl having a chamber formed in the lower part thereof, a plate slidable into and out of closing relation to said chamber, means affording communication between the interior of said bowl and the outer end of said chamber, and means for filtering smoke passing through said chamber, said means comprising a vertically disposed frame having a fabric covering removably mounted in said chamber.

3. In a tobacco pipe, a bowl having a stem, said bowl having a chamber formed in the lower part thereof, a flat plate slidable into and out of closing relation to said chamber, a passageway leading from the interior to the exterior of said bowl, a passageway leading from the interior of said chamber to the exterior of said bowl, a tube connecting the exterior openings of said passageways with each other to form a continuous passageway for smoke from the interior of said bowl to the interior of said chamber, and means disposed within said chamber for filtering smoke passing therethrough.

4. In a tobacco pipe, a bowl having a stem, said bowl having a chamber formed in the lower part thereof, a flat plate slidable into and out of closing relation to said chamber, a passageway for smoke leading from the interior to the exterior of said bowl, a plurality of passageways leading from the interior of said chamber near the front portion thereof to the exterior of said bowl, tubes connecting the exterior openings of said bowl passageway with those of said chamber passageways whereby smoke may pass from the interior of said bowl to and into said chamber, said passageways and tubes constituting means whereby smoke is cooledin passing from said bowl to said chamber, a frame having a fabric covering removably disposed within said chamber in 'termediate, its ends and extending from side to side thereof for dividing the same into two compartments, and a filtering packing removably disposed within said chamber rearward of said frame.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MESAROS.

Witnesses H. E. DUNLAP, :IHos. J. Roman. 

